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<p>[QUOTE="rad1964, post: 656213, member: 18557"]<b><font size="4">Teen Pays Tow Fee With 8,800 Pennies</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="2">18-Year-Old Tallahassee Student Puts Incident On YouTube</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- </b>Three police officers were called to a Tallahassee towing company when a college student attempted to pay his $88 fee in pennies.Jordan Renken, an 18-year-old college student, recorded the incident and posted it on YouTube.Renken's car was towed last month and he had to pay $88 to retrieve his vehicle. He decided to pay the fine with 8,800 pennies, but the towing company refused to accept the payment.The clerk initially said she would count the pennies, but then said they had to be rolled. Renken said the company had to accept his "legal tender" and called police when they continued to refuse.Three officers are seen on the video trying to rectify the situation.Police said the company had to take the money, and the teen was given the keys to his vehicle.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWkNslcxPM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWkNslcxPM" rel="nofollow"> </a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWkNslcxPM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWkNslcxPM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWkNslcxPM</a> to watch the 10-minute YouTube video. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is awesome :hammer:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rad1964, post: 656213, member: 18557"][B][SIZE=4]Teen Pays Tow Fee With 8,800 Pennies[/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]18-Year-Old Tallahassee Student Puts Incident On YouTube[/SIZE][/B] [B]TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- [/B]Three police officers were called to a Tallahassee towing company when a college student attempted to pay his $88 fee in pennies.Jordan Renken, an 18-year-old college student, recorded the incident and posted it on YouTube.Renken's car was towed last month and he had to pay $88 to retrieve his vehicle. He decided to pay the fine with 8,800 pennies, but the towing company refused to accept the payment.The clerk initially said she would count the pennies, but then said they had to be rolled. Renken said the company had to accept his "legal tender" and called police when they continued to refuse.Three officers are seen on the video trying to rectify the situation.Police said the company had to take the money, and the teen was given the keys to his vehicle.[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWkNslcxPM"] [/URL][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWkNslcxPM[/URL] to watch the 10-minute YouTube video. This is awesome :hammer:[/QUOTE]
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